Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-03-05

have not felt decidedly comfortable il
making the trip, as near either bank 0
the river crust ice exists. which 10 hardly
strong enough to support the weight O
a wagon.
In the list of bills approved by the
president the Yankton bridge bill does
not appear. Neither rs it given in the
list of bills not approved. Its compen-
ion, the Pierre bridge bin, is in this list
OF approved bills. Il ~issprobable the
Yankton bill was signed.
A gentleman interested in last fails
electric light company says he has
hopes q council may be elected at the
looming spring election which will grant
permission to place. the electric light in
Yankton. 1t is yet possible to procure
this improvement for our city.
E. NJ. O'Brien is one of Yankson's ac-
tive real estate agents and he is booming
ing the boom industriously and is reap,
ing the reward which comes from a judi
cious expenditure of printers ink. MIR.
0'Brien can be found at his ofiee in
Bunker's block by those in search of
bargains.
The Unlted States senate yesterday
rejected the nomination OF Oliver Shan
non, a former resident of Yankton, to be
receiver at the Norfolk, Nebraska, land
office. Mr.. Shannon has been acting
in his official capacity for about a year,
but his rejection will probably place
another mau in the office.
There is 3 fair prospect that a hundred
thousand dollara more capital will be
put into the Yankton pork packing
house, Uader the provisions of the in
ter state commerce bill Yankton is GER
tain to become the chief porks packing
point IL Dakota and eastern parties are
beginning to recognize the fact.
Bon Homme's POSTMASTER writes us
that so much of interest to his section is
transporting that the people up that way
require something's more frequent than
weekly newspapers, He probably refers
to railroads with which Bon Homme
oountyis now threatened. Hope runs
high in the garden OF the Missouri
slope.
A Cedar street man to-day sold a
horse for 81 SO and now there is q lltiga-
ton in sight.over the animals pedigree,
which it is understood, was held firmly
in the hands Of a race horse racer who
went down with the rest of the animal
kingdom in Noah's flood. The horse
awaits the grand finale with much
quaking as he is 10th t o return to his
former diet of shoe pegs.
A report was current upon the streets
to-day that Governor Church had APP
pointed j. 7. Sargent, of Yankton,
inspector of oils Tor Dakota. Mr.. Sar-
gent, upon being interviewed, says, alas!
it is not true. but that such an act would
be the only Kind of oil that could be
poured on The troubled waters of Yank-
ton democracy just now. Governor
Church will undoubtedly knock the bung
out Of the barrel and let the oil flow
when he learns this.
The business meeting of company e,
frst regiment d. N. G, which was held
at the armony last night, was we'll ct
tended and the company which was en-
listed for two years, the end OF which
time passed some weeks ago, will be
mustered into the service again on Fri
day night next. The members are en-
tertaning hopes that a Washington visit
will be one of the features OF the next
two years service snd it is the unan-
lmous verdict that such o visit would
be both pleasant and profitable.